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: The Butterfly Book A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North America by Holland W J William Jacob - Butterflies North America
INTRODUCTION
CHAP. PAGE
The Place of Butterflies in the Animal Kingdom; The Principles of Scientific Arrangement; The Species; The Genus; The Family, etc.; Scientific Names; Synonyms; Popular Names.
Early Writers; Later Writers; Periodicals.
THE BOOK
DIGRESSIONS AND QUOTATIONS
PAGE Immortality 57 Hugo's "Flower to Butterfly" 74 Superstitions 90 Luther's Saddest Experience 100 A Race after a Butterfly 127 Suspicious Conduct 136 Collecting in Japan 149 Faunal Regions 161 Widely Distributed Butterflies 171 The Butterflies' Fad 186 Fossil Insects 195 In the Face of the Cold 224 Uncle Jotham's Boarder 233 Mimicry 235 The Utility of Entomology 256 Size 271 Instinct 280 Red Rain 299 For a Design of a Butterfly Resting on a Skull 303 The Caterpillar and the Ant 316 Collections and Collectors 337 Exchanges 344
FIG. PAGE 1. Egg of Basilarchia disippus, magnified 3 2. Egg of Basilarchia disippus, natural size 3 3. Egg of Papilio turnus, enlarged 4 4. Egg of Anosia plexippus, magnified 4 5. Egg of Anosia plexippus, natural size 4 6. Egg of Anthocharis genutia, magnified 4 7. Egg of Lycaena pseudargiolus, magnified 4 8. Egg of Melitaea pha?ton, magnified 4 9. Micropyle of egg of Pieris oleracea, magnified 5 10. Eggs of Grapta comma, magnified 5 11. Eggs of Vanessa antiopa, magnified 5 12. Caterpillar of Papilio philenor 6 13. Head of caterpillar of Papilio asterias, magnified 6 14. Head of caterpillar of Anosia plexippus, magnified 6 15. Head of caterpillar of Anosia plexippus, side view, enlarged 7 16. Caterpillar of Anosia plexippus, natural size 7 17. Fore leg of caterpillar of Vanessa antiopa, enlarged 7 18. Anterior segments of caterpillar of A. plexippus 7 19. Proleg of caterpillar of Vanessa antiopa, enlarged 7 20. Caterpillar of Basilarchia disippus 8 21. Early stages of goatweed butterfly 9 22. Head of caterpillar of Papilio troilus 9 23. Caterpillar of milkweed butterfly changing into chrysalis 11 24. Chrysalis of milkweed butterfly 12 25. Chrysalis of Papilio philenor 12 26. Caterpillar and chrysalis of Pieris protodice 12 27. Chrysalis of Pieris oleracea 13 28. Butterfly emerging from chrysalis 13 29. Head of milkweed butterfly, showing parts 14 30. Cross-section of sucking-tube of butterfly 15 31. Longitudinal section of the head of the milkweed butterfly 15 32. Interior structure of head of milkweed butterfly 16 33. Labial palpus of butterfly 16 34. Legs of butterfly 17 35. Parts of leg of butterfly 17 36. Scales on wing of butterfly 18 37. Androconia from wing of butterfly 18 38. Outline of wing of butterfly 20 39. Arrangement of scales on the wing of a butterfly 20 40. Figure of wing, showing names of veins 21 41. Internal anatomy of caterpillar of milkweed butterfly 22 42. Internal anatomy of milkweed butterfly 23 43. Plan for folding net-ring 27 44. Insect-net 27 45. Plan for making a cheap net 27 46. Cyanide-jar 29 47. Paper cover for cyanide 29 48. Method of pinching a butterfly 30 49. Cheap form of breeding-cage 35 50. Breeding-cage 36 51. Butterfly in envelope 38 52. Method of making envelopes 38 53. Setting-board 39 54. Setting-block 39 55. Butterfly on setting-block 39 56. Setting-needle 40 57. Setting-board with moth upon it 40 58. Butterfly pinned on setting-board 41 59. Drying-box 41 60. Drying-box 42 61. Apparatus for inflating larvae 45 62. Tip of inflating-tube 46 63. Drying-oven 46 64. Drying-oven 47 65. Detail drawing of book-box 48 66. Detail drawing of box 48 67. Detail drawing of box 49 68. Insect-box 49 69. Detail drawing of drawer for cabinet 51 70. Detail drawing for paper bottom of box to take place of cork 52 71. Manner of arranging specimens in cabinet or box 52 72. Naphthaline cone 53 73. Butterflies packed for shipment 55 74. Forceps 56 75. Forceps 57 76. Antennae of butterfly 61 77. Antennae of moths 62 78. Neuration of genus Anosia 81 79. Swarm of milkweed butterflies, photographed at night 83 80. Neuration of genus Mechanitis 86 81. Neuration of genus Ceratinia 88 82. Neuration of genus Dircenna 89 83. Fore leg of female Dircenna klugi 89 84. Neuration of genus Heliconius 91 85. Young caterpillar of Vanessa antiopa 94 86. Neuration of genus Colaenis 95 87. Neuration of genus Dione 96 88. Neuration of genus Euptoieta 98 89. Neuration of genus Argynnis 101 90. Neuration of genus Brenthis 129 91. Neuration of genus Melitaea 138 92. Neuration of genus Phyciodes 151 93. Neuration of genus Eresia 157 94. Neuration of genus Synchlo? 159 95. Neuration of genus Grapta 163 96. Neuration of genus Vanessa 167 97. Neuration of genus Pyrameis 170 98. Neuration of genus Junonia 172 99. Neuration of genus Anartia 174 100. Neuration of genus Hypanartia 175 101. Neuration of genus Eunica 176 102. Neuration of genus Cystineura 177 103. Neuration of genus Callicore 178 104. Neuration of genus Timetes 179 105. Neuration of genus Hypolimnas 181 106. Neuration of genus Basilarchia 182 107. Leaf cut away at end by the caterpillar of Basilarchia 183 108. Hibernaculum of caterpillar of Basilarchia 183 109. Neuration of genus Adelpha 187 110. Neuration of genus Chlorippe 188 111. Neuration of genus Pyrrhanaea 192 112. Neuration of genus Ageronia 193 113. Neuration of genus Victorina 195 114. Neuration of genus Debis 199 115. Neuration of genus Satyrodes 200 116. Neuration of genus Neonympha 201 117. Neuration of genus Coenonympha 205 118. Neuration of genus Erebia 208 119. Neuration of genus Geirocheilus 211 120. Neuration of genus Neominois 212 121. Neuration of genus Satyrus 214 122. Neuration of genus OEneis 219 123. Caterpillars of OEneis macouni 221 124. Neuration of genus Libythea 226 125. Neuration of base of hind wing of genus Lemonias 228 126. Neuration of genus Lemonias 229 127. Neuration of genus Calephelis 232 128. Neuration of genus Eumaeus 237 129. Neuration of Thecla edwardsi 238 130. Neuration of Thecla melinus 242 131. Neuration of Thecla damon 246 132. Neuration of Thecla niphon 249 133. Neuration of Thecla titus 250 134. Neuration of genus Feniseca 251 135. Neuration of genus Chrysophanus 252 136. Neuration of Lycaena pseudargiolus 267 137. Neuration of Lycaena comyntas 268 138. Neuration of genus Dismorphia 273 139. Neuration of genus Neophasia 274 140. Neuration of genus Tachyris 276 141. Neuration of genus Pieris 277 142. Neuration of genus Nathalis 281 143. Neuration of genus Euchlo? 282 144. Neuration of genus Catopsilia 286 145. Neuration of genus Kricogonia 287 146. Neuration of genus Meganostoma 288 147. Neuration of genus Colias 289 148. Neuration of genus Terias 295 149. Neuration of genus Parnassius 305 An Astronomer's Conception of an Entomologist 317 150. Head and antenna of genus Pyrrhopyge 319 151. Neuration of genus Pyrrhopyge 319 152. Neuration of genus Eudamus 321 153. Antenna and neuration of genus Plestia 322 154. Neuration of genus Epargyreus 323 155. Neuration of genus Thorybes 324 156. Neuration of genus Achalarus 326 157. Antenna and neuration of genus Hesperia 327 158. Neuration of genus Systasea 329 159. Neuration of genus Pholisora 330 160. Neuration of genus Thanaos 332 161. Neuration of genus Amblyscirtes 340 162. Neuration of genus Pamphila 342 163. Neuration of genus Oarisma 343 164. Neuration of genus Ancyloxypha 345 165. Neuration of genus Copaeodes 346 166. Neuration of genus Erynnis 347 167. Neuration of genus Thymelicus 351 168. Neuration of genus Atalopedes 352 169. Neuration of genus Polites 353 170. Neuration of genus Hylephila 354 171. Neuration of genus Prenes 355 172. Neuration of genus Calpodes 355 173. Neuration of genus Lerodea 356 174. Neuration of genus Limochores 357 175. Neuration of genus Euphyes 360 176. Neuration of genus Oligoria 361 177. Neuration of genus Poanes 362 178. Neuration of genus Phycanassa 362 179. Neuration of genus Atrytone 364 180. Neuration of genus Lerema 366 181. Megathymus yuccae, ? 367 182. Larva of Megathymus yuccae 368 183. Chrysalis of Megathymus yuccae 368 The Popular Conception of an Entomologist 369
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